Even Better Than The Real Thing (track)
by U2
Year: 1991
From the album Achtung Baby (track #2)
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Even Better Than The Real Thing appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- Achtung Baby (track #2) (this album) (1991)
- Zoo TV Live (track #4) (2006)
- The Best Of 1990-2000 (track #1) (compilation) (2002)
- U22: A 22 Track Live Collection From U2360 (track #1) (2012)
- Camelot Poems (track #5) (1994)
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| 11/24/2025 03:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,764 | 70/100 | |
| 09/23/2025 20:34 |  VictorVale | 43,194 | 88/100 | |
| 08/27/2025 15:22 |  ExTeaSea | 12,459 | 85/100 | |
| 07/26/2025 15:11 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 07/16/2025 09:45 |  Igtonumama | 31,389 | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.2/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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Squonk007 03/10/2025 14:21 | #307960
A nice groove behind the guitar.
This song is awesome live. In all the tours
A feel-good pop song.
this is a catchy song i can dig
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